At five-and-a-bit months old, somebody has developed a little case of separation anxiety…

But yes, this is where we stayed, Pigeon Point Lighthouse! Not in the actual lighthouse tower bit, but in one of the little converted lighthouse keepers’ cottages underneath. But it was lovely. Nice fresh air, beautiful scenery and a welcome little break from it all. We even got to see some seals at the bottom of the cliff which was very special, but not as special as showing my baby boy the proper big oceany ocean for the very first time xx

More photos will probably follow, but right now there are more important things to do like making a little person’s day as happy as it can be…

But *somebody* is being rather demanding this week and is REFUSING TO GO TO SLEEPY. At 5pm this afternoon I officially gave up trying to get Oliver to take his morning nap and at 6pm started the bedtime ritual so that he would turn in for the night. Easy, I thought, no morning snooze or afternoon nap today, talk about something being a doozy. Wrong. Here we are at 10pm and the little one STILL WON’T CLOSE HIS EYES. If photos don’t appear here within the next 48 hours it’s because I’ve been admitted to the local psychiatric hospital for extreme sleep deprivation. Fact.

…from our first little family vacation, a trip to the Pacific where we stayed in a lighthouse, whoop! Lots of photos were taken, and they will be shared, so watch this space.

In the meantime, here’s a quickie self portrait that I snapped this morning when we were standing on a cliff over the Pacific watching the harbour seals below. Ignore the hair, I was a bit windswept. And yes, I’m experimenting with a new hair colour. Experiment being the word…

Just when we think we’ve settled down into the swing of country life out here in the rural Bay Area and have discovered all that there is to discover, we find something else that makes us so happy that we have to pinch each other to make sure it’s real. Last weekend was another one of those examples.

Not ten minutes away from where we live is a lovely lake, surrounded by wilderness, with miles and miles of hiking trails. We stopped in our tracks to take it all in, yes, ten minutes away from where we live. Apparently this place is famous for its tarantulas, but we didn’t see any. That actually kind of made me glad. We looked at each other and smiled and agreed that we could not be happier with where we have moved to.

It was a big day for Baby Peach too- his first outing where he sat up in his stroller instead of lay down.

But then he fell asleep, so we reclined it all the way back down again.

He’ll get to enjoy it next time we walk there, we WILL be going back.

It’s just one of the many things around here that make me so happy that we moved xx

…had a cold. But now she’s feeling much, much better xx

We like touchdowns. Unfortunately we don’t like how Michigan are playing the rest of the time though.